Hi, here is what I have done: First, I set up the distribution for a state, then do siteDistribution.setNullModel(nullDistribution); to set up the null Distribution
then use this function to get the odds ratio of my C3 state (the one i am interested in). Maybe I can try getting the odds ratio for the background state and see what numers I got? public static void getC3PosteriorOdds(MarkovModel model, SymbolList obsSymList) throws IllegalArgumentException, BioException { DP dp = DPFactory.DEFAULT.createDP(model); SymbolList[] obs_array = {obsSymList}; DPMatrix dpMatrix = dp.forwardsBackwards(obs_array, ScoreType.ODDS); State [] states = dp.getStates(); //find the C3 site int c3Index = -1; for (int s = 0; s < dp.getDotStatesIndex(); s++) { if (states[s].getName().equalsIgnoreCase("C.3")) { c3Index = s; break; } } for (int i = 0; i < obsSymList.length(); i++) { int[] array = { c3Index, i }; log.debug(i+1 + " " + dpMatrix.getCell(array)); } } thanks, wendy On 3/6/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I am trying to set up an HMM wth a few states. I have a background > >state with background distribution. For the rest of the states, I set > >up the distribution and then use the setNullModel to set the null > >distribution to the background distribution. Am I doing the right > >thing? > > Sounds correct. > > >The reason why I am asking is when I tried using the forward backward > >algorithm, the scores of the state that I am interested in at each > >site is greater than 2000. I would expect some sites to have a number > >less than 1 to indicate that it is more likely to be in the null > >distribution, or am I doing something totally wrong here? > > If you used an odds scoring function then you have done things correctly. > Sounds wierd. > > - Mark > > _______________________________________________ Biojava-l mailing list - Biojava-l@biojava.org http://biojava.org/mailman/listinfo/biojava-l